Applications Developer Job Trends in the North of England

Application Developer
England > North of England

The median Application Developer salary in the North of England is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 April 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 258 238 315
Rank change year-on-year -20 +77 +78
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Developer 48 10 59
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.30% 0.16% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.17% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 33 7 49
10th Percentile - £46,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £50,625 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £72,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.14% +81.25% -27.12%
75th Percentile £65,000 £76,250 £56,250
90th Percentile £70,000 - £62,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the North of England with a recognized job title 14,826 5,866 15,082
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.29% 91.90% 95.17%
Number of salaries quoted 9,568 3,770 12,130
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £79,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.09%

Applications Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Applications Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Applications Developer job vacancy trend in the North of England

Applications Developer
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for Applications Developer job vacancies in the North of England.

Salary distribution trend for Applications Developer job vacancies in the North of England

Applications Developer
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Developer in the North of England over the 6 months to 7 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Applications Developer in the North of England

Applications Developer
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Developer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 7 April 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West +6 38 £55,000 +2.33% 4
Yorkshire -54 10 £63,750 -12.07% 7
Applications Developer
England

Applications Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 7 April 2026, Applications Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North of England region featuring Applications Developer in the job title.

1 18 (37.50%) Java
2 16 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (29.17%) .NET
3 14 (29.17%) C#
4 13 (27.08%) Azure
4 13 (27.08%) SQL
5 10 (20.83%) Dynamics 365
5 10 (20.83%) Power Automate
5 10 (20.83%) Power Platform
5 10 (20.83%) PowerApps
6 9 (18.75%) JavaScript
6 9 (18.75%) Microsoft
7 7 (14.58%) AI
7 7 (14.58%) AWS
7 7 (14.58%) Business Intelligence
7 7 (14.58%) CI/CD
7 7 (14.58%) Data Integration
7 7 (14.58%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (14.58%) Oracle
7 7 (14.58%) Oracle EBS
7 7 (14.58%) Power BI
7 7 (14.58%) Translating Business Requirements
8 6 (12.50%) Agile
8 6 (12.50%) Investment Management
9 5 (10.42%) Classic ASP
9 5 (10.42%) Kanban
9 5 (10.42%) Observability
9 5 (10.42%) Relational Database
9 5 (10.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (10.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services

Applications Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (6.25%) JBoss
2 2 (4.17%) Apache
2 2 (4.17%) nginx
Business Applications
1 7 (14.58%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 13 (27.08%) Azure
2 10 (20.83%) Dynamics 365
2 10 (20.83%) Power Automate
2 10 (20.83%) Power Platform
2 10 (20.83%) PowerApps
3 7 (14.58%) AWS
3 7 (14.58%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (4.17%) Datadog
4 2 (4.17%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.33%) Broadband
2 2 (4.17%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (14.58%) Power BI
2 5 (10.42%) Relational Database
2 5 (10.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 5 (10.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (6.25%) SQL Server
4 2 (4.17%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (4.17%) Bitbucket
1 2 (4.17%) Git
1 2 (4.17%) Subversion
General
1 8 (16.67%) Finance
2 7 (14.58%) Manufacturing
3 4 (8.33%) Games
3 4 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (6.25%) Retail
5 2 (4.17%) Back Office
6 1 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.08%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.08%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (29.17%) .NET
2 5 (10.42%) Classic ASP
3 4 (8.33%) Android SDK
3 4 (8.33%) GraphQL
3 4 (8.33%) React
4 2 (4.17%) .NET Framework
4 2 (4.17%) ASP.NET
4 2 (4.17%) CSS
4 2 (4.17%) CSS3
4 2 (4.17%) HTML
4 2 (4.17%) HTML5
4 2 (4.17%) Keycloak
4 2 (4.17%) OAuth
4 2 (4.17%) OAuth2
4 2 (4.17%) OpenID
5 1 (2.08%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.42%) Legacy Code
2 4 (8.33%) Mobile App
2 4 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (8.33%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.33%) Android
2 1 (2.08%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (14.58%) AI
2 7 (14.58%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (14.58%) CI/CD
2 7 (14.58%) Data Integration
2 7 (14.58%) Translating Business Requirements
3 6 (12.50%) Agile
3 6 (12.50%) Investment Management
4 5 (10.42%) Kanban
4 5 (10.42%) Observability
5 4 (8.33%) Asynchronous Programming
5 4 (8.33%) BDD
5 4 (8.33%) Design Patterns
5 4 (8.33%) Identity Access Management
5 4 (8.33%) Software Architecture
5 4 (8.33%) SOLID
6 3 (6.25%) Change Control
6 3 (6.25%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (6.25%) High Availability
6 3 (6.25%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 18 (37.50%) Java
2 14 (29.17%) C#
3 13 (27.08%) SQL
4 9 (18.75%) JavaScript
5 4 (8.33%) Kotlin
5 4 (8.33%) Python
6 2 (4.17%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (4.17%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (8.33%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (4.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 2 (4.17%) Nagios
1 2 (4.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 9 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 7 (14.58%) Oracle
3 4 (8.33%) Atlassian
4 2 (4.17%) New Relic
4 2 (4.17%) Red Hat
4 2 (4.17%) Splunk
5 1 (2.08%) Cognos
5 1 (2.08%) IBM
5 1 (2.08%) VMware